"limit".
Also known as Byblos, modern Jebeil. Ancient city of Phoenicia, on the Mediterranean, near the mouth of the Adonis River, 38° 8' N.
Its inhabitants are called "Giblites" in Joseph. 13:5. There were good stonemasons among them, and they helped in the construction of the temple (1 Kings 5:18). Caulkers and shipbuilders are also mentioned (Ez. 27:9).
In the time of Alexander the Great, the city submitted peacefully, and provided him with a fleet to help him in the siege of Tire (332 BC).
Meaning of GEBAL
"limit".
Also known as Byblos, modern Jebeil. Ancient city of Phoenicia, on the Mediterranean, near the mouth of the Adonis River, 38° 8' N.